Two solar eclipse events are happening in the San Antonio area! An annular eclipse will pass over all of San Antonio on Saturday, October 14, 2023. A total solar eclipse will pass over much of San Antonio on Monday, April 8, 2024. Areas that are not in the path of totality will experience a spectacular partial eclipse.
Use this guide to learn more about the two eclipses, local events, safety information, and maps.
¡Dos eventos de eclipse solar estáran ocurriendo en el área de San Antonio! Un eclipse anular pasará sobre todo San Antonio el sábado 14 de octubre de 2023. Un eclipse solar total pasará sobre gran parte de San Antonio el lunes 8 de abril de 2024. Las áreas que no están en el camino de la totalidad experimentarán un espectacular eclipse parcial.
Use esta guía para obtener más información sobre los dos eclipses, eventos locales, información de seguridad, mapas y cronogramas.
San Antonio Public Library will not host any viewing activities on the days of the eclipses. Instead, please join our partners in The Alamo STEM Ecosystem for viewing events. Details will be available at https://www.wittemuseum.org/eclipse/.
Click here for a schedule of Get Eclipse Ready at SAPL events.
San Antonio Public Library no realizará ninguna actividad de visualización en los días de los eclipses. En su lugar, únase a nuestros socios en The Alamo STEM Ecosystem para ver eventos. Los detalles estarán disponibles en https://www.wittemuseum.org/eclipse/.
Haga clic aquí para obtener el calendario de eventos "Get Eclipse Ready at SAPL".
Eclipse Chaser by
The August 2017 solar eclipse is the chance of a lifetime for astronomer Shadia Habbal--years of planning come down to one moment of totality. Will everything go off as planned? On August 21, 2017, much of America stood still and looked up as a wide swath of the country experienced totality--a full solar eclipse. Even in areas outside the path of totality, people watched in awe as the moon cast its shadow on the sun. For most, this was simply a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Not so for Shadia Habbal, who travels the world in search of solar eclipses in order to study the sun's corona. Solar wind and storms originating in the corona can have big effects on our planet. They can disrupt technology, expose aircraft to radiation, and even influence global climate change. In the months leading up to the 2017 eclipse, Shadia assembles a team of scientists to set up camp with her in Mitchell, Oregon. Years earlier, a long, expensive trip to Indonesia to study an eclipse failed when the skies remained too cloudy to see it. Shadia is determined to have the 2017 eclipse be a success. Will the computers fail? Will smoke from nearby fires change direction? Will the cloudy skies clear in time? Readers will be on the edge of their seats as they count down the months, days, hours, and finally minutes until totality.
When the Sun Goes Dark by
Help youngsters understand the excitement about the recent solar eclipse with this charming and straightforward story about how eclipses of the Sun and Moon occur. Includes easy activities using ordinary items to make models, and explores common questions kids have. This richly illustrated book tells how two curious children and their grandparents re-create eclipses in their living room using a lamp, a tennis ball, two Hula Hoops, and Ping-Pong balls. Later, in the backyard and around the house, the family explores safe ways to view a solar eclipse and ponders phenomena from sunspots to phases of the Moon. Written by the authors of NSTA's award-winning book Solar Science, When the Sun Goes Dark gives children and adults hands-on techniques for learning the science behind eclipses of the Sun and Moon.
